

One reason is that YouTube’s top stars (and also its more controversial) as Logan Paul, Shane Dawson and PewDiePie were not included.ĭetractors criticised the failure to highlight Paul and KSI’s boxing bout in Manchester Arena in August which had been streamed by 800,000 people on YouTube. While Bieber’s dislikes accumulated over the past eight years, Rewind 2018 reached the milestone in just three days.

Later that year, he said the n-word during a livestream.It was released late last week with YouTube personalities cheesily acting out “the videos, music and trends that defined YouTube in 2018.”īy early this morning, it had 8 million dislikes compared to 2 million likes from a total of 106.4 million views.Īt the rate of the collection of thumbs-ups, it could overtake Justin Bieber‘s 2010 single ‘Baby’ which was disliked more than 9.7 million times versus 10 million views. Last year, PewDiePie paid two Indian men to hold up a sign saying “death to all Jews” as a joke in one of his videos, causing him to lose deals with YouTube and Disney. Logan Paul was responsible for one of the earliest and biggest controversies in the year for the platform when he filmed himself encountering a suicide victim in Japan’s Aokigahara forest. While the video made reference to popular moments like the rise of Fortnite coverage, creators sharing their struggles with mental health and mukbang food challenges, fans expressed disappointment that moments like the boxing match between Logan Paul and Briton KSI, Shane Dawson’s documentary on Jake Paul and the current state of YouTube, and the feud between PewDiePie and T-Series weren’t referenced.Īs YouTube uses its Rewind video to promote itself, it’s understandable not to reference moments made by controversial YouTubers. Many fans pointed out that some of the biggest moments of the platform were missing. It’s finally here!!! Thanks so much for having me in this years #YouTubeRewind ?❤️ /hlwIhd1P4d Ludacris,” which currently has about 10 million dislikes along with 10 million likes.Įven YouTube acknowledged the overwhelming dislike for the video: The video beats the previous record holder, “Justin Bieber – Baby ft. The video currently has about 14 million dislikes compared to 2.4 million likes. Update: YouTube Rewind 2018 has become the most disliked video on YouTube as of December 13th, 2018 according to The Verge. YouTube’s annual celebration of the biggest trends on the site released today, and viewers are chiming in on what they think about it on Twitter.Īt the time of writing, YouTube Rewind 2018 is number one on the Trending list and has over 9 million views.


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